May 23,1963
THE TWIG
Page Three
Social Events Center in Cafeteria;
Meal Planning Takes Large Staff
By JANE WORRELL
An integral part in the daily lives
of Meredith Students is centered in
the college dining room. Not only Is
it the place where the girls regularly
gather as a student body, but it is
the social center for many functions
and traditional activities. The dining
room personnel are asked to con*
tribute in helping with such events
as the society suppers and joint
breakfast, the Corn Huskin’ Bee,
Play Day, and the annual Christmas
dinner. In order to carry out the
themes of the suppers for various
organizations, the cafeteria staff by
planning menus with the girls is co*
operative in meeting the requests of
the students.
Counting heads at lunchtime is Mrs.
Harriet Holler.
The effects of the dining room
personnel are evident particularly
in the elaborate and elegant Christ
mas dinner which has become an
annual event. Because the staff feels
that this function contributes to the
social life of the college, they en
deavor to offer a different and in
teresting cuisine. Preparation for the
banquet begins several weeks in ad
vance. During the period preced
ing the event, the dietitian and her
staff are responsible for planning
the decorations, obtaining the
Christmas trees, covering trays with
aluminum foil, and working out all
details • of service. One week be
fore the dinner the food is pre
pared and refrigerated. With the aid
of diagrams of each serving table,
Mrs. Bobbye Hunter, the dietitian
of the college, meets with the staff
and gives them directions pertain
ing to the serving and timing of the
banquet. Having been a past danc
ing school owner and teacher, Mrs.
Hunter compares the production
and organization of such an event as
the Christmas banquet to choreogra
phy. Drawing as analogy between
the two, she says, “The night ar
rives — each person knows where
his place is and what he is to do —
the stage is set — the curtain is
raised, and the show is on.” Con
cerning the Christmas dinner, she
explains that the dining room staff
probably “gets more pleasure out of
presenting it than the girls do by
coming to it.” Mrs. Hunter adds
that she enjoys training the staff for
the annual event, and they, in turn,
enjoy trying something new.
Rccent Improvement
In recent years, the dining room
has undergone much improvement
which has facilitated convenience
for students as well as for the cafe
teria employees. Having two lines
instead of one, bus boys, new cook
ing ranges and equipment, and offer
ing faster servicc, have helped to
remedy many problems. Today, be
cause Meredith has grown in the
number of students but has not been
able to expand all facilities to cope
with the added enrollment, there are
still certain areas which need im
provement. In the realm of unfor-
seen. events, the cafeteria faces
other problems. Whenever person-
Downs Attends Meet
For Art Educators
By CLARENE ROBERSON
Dr. Arthur Downs of the Mere
dith art department has recently
returned from the biannual conven
tion of the National Committee of
Art Educators. The convention was
held at the Museum of Modern Art
in New York City and was attended
by art educators from primary
schools through college level, who
came from as far away as Hawaii.
Lasting one week, the meeting
featured speakers and seminars for
introducing new art ideas and meth
ods to be used in art education.
One day of the week was devoted
to museum employees; the remain
ing four days consisted of programs
designed for art educators. An in
teresting topic relayed by one of
the speakers was a comment on the
American influence on post - war
Japanese art. The emphasis placed
by Americans on education has
forced Japanese children to attend
school until twelve years of age,
thus eliminating a former practice
of entering children into an appren
ticeship at ten. Such a delay in be
ginning apprenticeship finds the
children interested in other things
and not as willing to absorb the
teaching of their masters. The
speaker expressed the opinion that
the quality of Japanese art has been
diminished through this practice.
nel are absent, the help is. as a
result, below the minimum; there
fore, the people present must work
twice as hard to prepare the meal.
With a reduced staff, it is often
necessary to make substitutions on
the menus, for some dishes require
more time and labor than is avail
able. Often, a food shortage occurs
when one choice of meat is more
popular than the other.
Although the Meredith College
dining room has, in relation to other
colleges, a relatively large food al
lowance, it must operate under a
tight budget. According to Mrs.
Hunter, there is “more expense in
the operation of the dining room
than in food cost alone.” From the
money which she is appropriated
by the school, she must make al
lowance for, in addition to food,
the costs of labor, equipment, re
placement of dishes and silver
(which students take to their
rooms), linen service, paper goods,
maintenance, and cleaning supplies.
A Varied Staff
The cafeteria staff is headed by
Mrs. Hunter who is in charge of
the “entire operation,” including su
pervision, hiring and dismissal of
personnel, food planning and pur
chasing, sanitation, and mainte
nance of equipment. Since an early
age, she has maintained a keen inter
est in foods. Mrs. Hunter is assisted
by Mrs. Harriet Holler, the assistant
dietitian, who is her food’s expert.
Serving as dining hall hostess is Mrs.
Betty Ipock gets a plate with “lots of apples,” while Georgia waits for the next order.
Frances Thorne who supervises the
student waitresses and has complete
authority over the dining hall. A
fourth member of the cafeteria
managerial staff is Mr. A. B. Hilley
who is in charge of the storeroom.
It is Mr. Hilley who must receive
merchandise and refrigerate it. Of
the numerous dining room helpers,
Mrs. Hunter comments that they are
one of the “most loyal staffs and
one of the most interested groups
of people with whom she has ever
worked.” She feels that the stu
dent relationship with the person
nel is good and that the staff ap
preciates the attention and concern
of the students. The main concern
of the entire dining room staff is to
please the students and to serve
nutritious as well as attractive and
appetizing foods. Mrs. Hunter
stales that the staff welcomes sug
gestions from the students. Since
the meals are planned to please the
girls, the personnel wish to be told
what dishes are popular. Mrs.
Hunter states, “the students help to
keep us on our toes, and as long
as they do it in a ladylike way, we
are glad to hear anything concern
ing food service.”
Robinson To Study
At UT with Pay
By KAREN RAINES
Amy Robinson of Clyde, North
Carolina is among the Meredith stu
dents planning .a summer of study
and work at universities and col
leges throughout the country. Amy
will spend six weeks during June and
July at the National Defense Foreign
Language Institute held at the Uni
versity of Tennessee.
Amy, a senior, became interested
in this project through her high
school French teacher, applied at
the National Defense Education
Department, and was selected as a
participant.
At the university, she will have
no tuition fees and will pay only
$45 for housing. In addition, the
grant provides a weekly salary of
$75. During the six weeks of train
ing, Amy will live in a “French
world.” She will see foreign movies
and French.drama, celebrate French
holidays, and speak French at all
her meals.
Under the leadership of visiting
foreign professors, she hopes to
gain a better understanding of
French culture while achieving a
greater fluency in speaking the
French language.
Summer Plans Reveal Many Trips
Amy Rohinson listens to u Frciich record
ui> practice for her suininer studies.
By FRANCES GARRETT
Soon suitcases will be crammed
to the “nth” degree as Meredith pro
fessors and students welcome the
summer to realize exciting plans for
traveling and working. Those brief
itineraries will serve as examples of
a few of the plans made by pro
fessors and students.
Leaving in June, Miss Lucy Ann
Neblctt will travel by bus with a
group of students to Saltillo, Coan-
villa, Mexico. The students, among
whom will be Ann Baggett, an in
coming freshman, will live in private
homes and attend classes conducted
in Spanish at the liiter-Ameriean
University in Saltillo. Every Satur
day during the five weeks in Saltillo
there will be excursions sponsored
by the university to nearby places
of interest. The group will spend
one weekend in Mexico City seeing
the Palace of Fine Arts, the Aztec
pyramids, the floating gardens, the
National Cathedral, and the Shrine
of Guadalupe. Miss Neblett will re
turn to Raleigh in August.
Leah Rose Williams will also
spend six or eight weeks this summer
in Mexico. She will be visiting rela
tives, studying Spanish, and sight
seeing.
See the USA
Traveling in the United States
will be Dr. Susanne Freund and
Mrs. Harry Cooper. Dr. Freund will
visit her son in Texas. She will travel
through New England after she bids
farewell to her daughter: who will
sail with her husband to India this
summer. Mrs. Cooper will visit rela
tives in Kansas City Missouri, and
plans to take her grandchildren
through the mountains nearby.
Ann Waters will leave in the mid
dle of June for a month of travel
ing to the West Coast. Ann’s bus
tour includes Salt Lake City, Las
Vegas, Pike’s Peak, Hollywood, and
San Francisco. Ann will return in
mid-July.
Summers in Europe
The eleventh of June will see
Nancy Williams, Martha Spence,
and Clabron Barbee off to Europe.
These girls will be on a tour spon
sored by the National Student As
sociation for Educational - Travel.
Sailing with twenty - two other
American students, Nancy, Martha,
and Clabron will reach Southamp
ton, England, on June 19. The
group will tour England, France,
Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Hol
land, and Austria. Guides for the
group will be.professors and gradu
ate students from the countries in
which the group will travel.
Throughout the lour there will be
supper-parties wheie the American
students will meet foreign students.
The tour will end on August 12,
when the group returns to the
United States by plane.
Also going abroad are Carol An
drews and LaRue Pearce. They will
fly on June 19 to Montreal, Canada.
From Montreal they will sail on a
commercial tour to Scotland. The
itinerary for the nine-weeks tour in
cludes traveling in Scotland, Eng
land, Holland, Belgium, Germany,
Switzerland, Italy, Austria, France,
Monaco, Spain, and Portugal. Carol
and LaRue will return on the
“Oueen Mary.”
Plans for Summer Work
Quite a few Meredith girls will
spend the summer working at re
sorts and camps. Betsy Rose Long
will work at Glacier National Park
in Montana as a kitchen girl. Work-
Exam Schedule
MWF
3:00
Sat.
9:00
MWF
8:25
Sat.
2:00
MWF
9:25
Mon.
9:00
MWF
11:05
Mon.
2:00
MWF
12:05
Tues.
9:00
MWF
2:00
Tues.
2:00
'll’S
11:05
Wed.
9:00
1 rs
12:05
Wed.
2:00
ITS
2:00
Thurs.
9:00
ll'S
8:25
Thurs.
2:00
TTS
9:25
Fri.
9:00
ing as waitresses at Nags Head will
be Jenny Winfield, Adalia Wiggs,
and Sandy Harrill. Ruth Ellen
Johnson will be a waitress at Myrtle
Beach. Working as a waitress for
her second summer, Jane Eaton will
go to Ogunquit, Maine, for the
months of July and August.
Camp counseling will consume
the summer for several Meredith
girls. Margaret Houghton will be
the assistant director of a Y.W.C.A.
camp near Danville, Virginia. Jane
Hendricks will be riding instructor
at Camp Ridgecrest for boys near
Asheville, North Carolina. Working
at a Moravian church camp near
North Wilkesboro, Donna Dull will
counsel junior-high aged children.
Also working at a coeducational
camp will be Bucky Williams. In a
family camp-resort on the Connecti
cut River near Fairlee, Vermont,
she will bo a counselor i'or children
seven to twelve years old.
LISTEN Fund Drive
Concerns Key Deposit
The BSU has suggested that each
student contribute the dollar she
will receive from her room key
deposit to the LISTEN program
since the goal of $700 for the year
has not been reached. The quota
can be met if four hundred stu
dents donate their dollars.
The $700 will be used as fol
lows;
$500.00 71% State Budget
70.00 10% Ed Reynolds
105.00 15% World University
Service
28.00 4% Expenditures &
Publicity
The money given to Ed Reyn
olds, an African student, is to help
pay for his expenses while attend
ing Wake Forest College. The con
tribution to the World University
Sei’vice is used in rebuilding and
improving colleges and universities
in underprivileged countries of the
world.